Heart attack is medically known as myocardial infarction (MI) and normally happens when the heart muscle is starved of oxygen-rich blood, causing damage to the heart muscle (British heart Foundation, 2014). According to NICE guidelines (2014) heart attacks are mostly caused by coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD is when coronary arteries that supply the heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. Heart attack is known to be common cause of death although it is been reported by NICE guidelines (2014) that deaths caused by heart attack has been reduced following or observing rehabilitation therapies which includes advices, cardiac rehabilitation, to prevent secondary heart attack.
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Stromberg (2005) emphasises the importance of discharge education to all patients who surfers MI as such nurses need to provide MI cardiac discharge advice or education on self management prior discharge. However, advices are given but sometimes not well delivered or sometimes patients do not understand these advices (Heng et, al., 2007). Cardiac discharge advice given to cardiac inpatient is still very poor according lacks understanding and equally lessens patient satisfaction and fulfilment (Clarke et. al., 2005).
Del Sindaco etal., (2005) in their study reported that in their research study on the effectiveness of long-term of a disease management program in combination with discharge education planning and education concluded that rate of death of patients with MI hospital reduced by 36% in the intervention group than in the normal-care group. Furthermore, there was significant patients in the intervention group were reported a high improvements in quality of life of the
Stromberg (2005) emphasises the importance of discharge education to all patients who surfers MI as such nurses need to provide MI cardiac discharge advice or education on self management prior discharge. However, advices are given but sometimes not well delivered or sometimes patients do not understand these advices (Heng et, al., 2007). Cardiac discharge advice given to cardiac inpatient is still very poor according lacks understanding and equally lessens patient satisfaction and fulfilment (Clarke et. al., 2005).
Del Sindaco etal., (2005) in their study reported that in their research study on the effectiveness of long-term of a disease management program in combination with discharge education planning and education concluded that rate of death of patients with MI hospital reduced by 36% in the intervention group than in the normal-care group. Furthermore, there was significant patients in the intervention group were reported a high improvements in quality of life of the